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Terraced garden with native grasses and granite boulders overlooking Lake Tahoe at sunset

Lake Tahoe, California · Alpine

Lakeside Terraces

Terraces that step toward the water using granite, native grasses and long views.

Sample project

01

Client goals

  • Usable level areas on a slope
  • Planting that survives snow
  • Keep the lake view open

02

Existing property

A steep slope with erosion and little usable space.

03

Design concept

Step the slope into broad terraces held by granite boulders.

04

Plan development

Terraces follow the contours; paths switch back gently between levels.

Hand-drawn planting plan showing trees, beds and paths on ivory paper

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Plant and material direction

Local granite, native grasses, conifers and lavender.

Designer's desk with courtyard sketches, travertine samples, gravel, olive branches and ornamental grassDry-stacked stone wall with lavender and a clay pot in the high desert

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Before and after

Terraced garden with native grasses and granite boulders overlooking Lake Tahoe at sunset
Hand-drawn planting plan showing trees, beds and paths on ivory paper
PlanPlace

No matching before photograph yet — the plan is shown instead.

07

Package used

Estate

A broader design scope for larger, layered or complex properties.

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Location and climate

Lake Tahoe, California

Alpine · snow-heavy winters and a short, bright growing season.

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